Research Article

The Pattern of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in a Single Tertiary Center in Saudi Arabia

Table 2

General characteristics of JIA patients.

JIA subtypeNumber of cases (%)GenderAge of onset (yr)Duration of follow-up (yr)
Male (%)Female (%)RangeMean (SD)RangeMean (SD)

Oligoarticular23 (28.04)10 (43.47)13 (56.52)1–12.34.78 ± 2.910.7–82.68 ± 1.86
Polyarticular RF-positive4 (4.87)04 (100)10–14.512.3 ± 2.780.5–52.2 ± 1.964
Polyarticular RF-negative20 (24.39)6 (30)14 (70)2.5–12.48.12 ± 3.470.6–5.82.85 ± 1.376
Systemic30 (36.5)13 (43.33)17 (56.66)0.7–12.67.25 ± 3.470.5–6.82.37 ± 1.61
Psoriatic4 (4.87)1 (25)3 (75)4.7–12.28.47 ± 3.091.3–6.63.97 ± 2.17
ERA1 (1.21)1 (100)04.8

Total82 (100)31 (37.8)51 (62.2)0.7–14.57.11 ± 3.650.5–82.67 ± 1.68

ERA: enthesitis-related arthritis.